Shasta Regional Medical Center Awarded Full Accreditation from the Joint ...(extensive Joint Commission survey as it ...)

Date:11/26/2008

extensive Joint Commission survey as it serves as a validation of the excellent medical care delivered at Shasta Regional Medical Center," states Dr. Marcia McCampbell, M.D., Chief Medical Officer for Shasta Regional Medical Center. "We welcome our friends, neighbors, and colleagues to be a part of the future of Shasta Regional Medical Center, a strong hospital dedicated to community needs."

"We have set higher quality standards, improved operational efficiencies and invested millions of dollars in the state-of-the-art technology and infrastructure improvements at Shasta Regional Medical Center over the past months," says Philip Dionne, CEO of the hospital, "Full accreditation by the Joint Commission reassures the community that our organization provides the highest quality of patient care to the residents of Redding and communities Shasta. It is important to note that Shasta Regional Medical Center has not just passed this rigorous review once, but twice in the last two months. Our first survey was five weeks ago under the prior ownership, and now again with our new ownership we continue to achieve the Gold Seal of Approval(TM) from the Joint Commission."

Founded in 1951, The Joint Commission seeks to continuously improve the safety and quality of care provided to the public through the provision of health care accreditation and related services that support performance improvement in health care organizations. The Joint Commission evaluates and accredits nearly 15,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States, including more than 8,000 hospitals and home care organizations, and more than 6,800 other health care organizations that provide long term care, assisted living, behavioral health care, laboratory and ambulatory care services. The Joint Commission also accredits health plans, integrated delivery networks, and other managed care entities. In addition, The Joint Commission provides cert
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